Reply #6: Tribe should be on the Supreme Court.

[Pokey Anderson]

Prof. Laurence Tribe has my utmost respect. He is brilliant, gracious, and truly understands the Constitution.

I had the privilege of meeting him shortly before he was to go before the Supreme Court and argue the Georgia case, attempting to overturn the sodomy laws. That case, Bowers v Hardwick, was lost. It would take nearly two decades for constitutional expert Tribe and the gay and lesbian communities to get that victory, in the Lawrence v. Texas case, which finally overturned sodomy laws, thus keeping the police out of everybody's bedrooms.

Tribe provoked the ire of the conservatives when he testified against the nomination of Bork. Bork's nomination went down in flames. Anthony Kennedy would end up getting that seat.

Jumping up to the present ... many court watchers had predicted that Anthony Kennedy would be the pivot in the court now that O'Connor is gone. Imagine if Kennedy were Bork, folks. And thank Laurence Tribe for putting up a fight. Even though many feel it cost Tribe a chance at a Supreme Court nomination himself, ever, because the Right would never forgive him.

Tribe also testified in the nomination hearings of Alito, and it was NOT favorable. Too bad that nomination couldn't be derailed.